Donations

Donations to the Portage District Library are investments in the future of both the library and the many people it serves. As the heart of the Portage community, the library serves as a central hub for information; cultural enrichment, research; adult, children & family programs & classes; meeting places; historical artifacts & records; life-long learning; technology connections and recreation/entertainment. Will you please help us continue the library’s wonderful tradition of extraordinary resources and services?

On this page you will find answers to any questions you may have about various giving opportunities. Please take a moment to explore this site, and then feel free to contact the Fund Development Manager, Christine Walker to learn more about how you can make a difference with a gift to the library.

How do my Gifts make an Impact?

The Portage District Library has long provided residents with an opportunity to fulfill their wants and needs for information, entertainment, life-long learning, self-reliance, and enlightenment. The Library’s Fundraising Program was established to help enhance the Library’s county-wide programs and services that are not fully funded through local tax dollars.
Your involvement can help ensure quality library service for future generations.

Grandmother and CIG Endowment Fund: an Endowment for Portage District Library’s Youth Services Area

Your assistance is crucial for the Portage District Library to maintain and advance its quality Youth Service programs and collections. Donations to the Grandmother and CIG Endowment Fund are tax deductible to the full extent permitted by law. Our goal is to grow this endowment fund and generate annual earnings that can be used to expand special activities, projects, programs and learning opportunities for youth, as well as to develop special youth collections and reading resources and to sponsor a youth author visit to the library. In this way, with your donations, we hope to enrich the lives of children in the Portage Community and surrounding region.

You can make a donation to the Grandmother and CIG Endowment Fund through the administering agency, by contacting:

Annual Campaign

Most libraries depend to some degree on the financial support of individuals and businesses to supplement the income that they get from local taxes, fines & fees, state aid and federal grants. The Portage District Library is no exception. The library has benefited from the gifts of many generous donors who have recognized the value of the library and wanted to support it. Each year, during the month of October, the library sends out an Annual Appeal to library patrons and shares information about how donations made to the library are used to enhance resources, programs and services. By making a monetary donation, you will enable the library to go beyond the basics that tax dollars can provide and to move into the realm of extraordinary resources and services. With donor dollars we are able to engage in more innovative and creative programming; purchase wonderful materials for the collections; acquire new technology that benefits library users; and explore collaborative opportunities that will have a positive impact on the library and the people we serve. Please remember that all contributions to the library are tax deductible to the fullest extent of the law.

Memorial Donations to Honor with Books and Media

Celebrate, remember or acknowledge a person, an occasion, or an accomplishment by funding the purchase of a book, CD or DVD for placement in the Portage District Library’s collections. A commemorative label will be affixed to the item purchased with your monetary gift before it is placed in the collection. You may designate a specific subject matter if you wish, and indicate the preferred placement of the material in any service area of the library such as: Adult Services, the Business Information Center, the Heritage Room or Youth Services.

Your gift to the Portage District Library to celebrate, honor or commemorate, is tax deductible in accordance with applicable IRS rules. Upon receipt of your gift, the Portage District Library will send you a thank you acknowledgement letter for your tax records and will send a corresponding notification letter to anyone else at your request.

For more information on about memorial donations, please call Diane Delach at (269) 585-8701 or e-mail her.

Planned Gifts

A planned gift can be structured to fulfill a long-desired philanthropic interest and may also allow you to increase income, save taxes, and make a legacy gift to the Portage District Library that might not otherwise be possible. For more information on arranging a planned gift to the library, call Chris Walker, Development Office at (269) 585-8715 or email the Development Office.

Support Summer Reading Club

Are you a local business looking for ways to get involved in the community? Consider contributing gift certificates and/or coupons as incentive prizes for youth who participate in Portage District Library’s Summer Reading Programs. These incentive prizes help motivate children, teens and adults to read throughout the summer – contributing to a more literate community.

With more than 3,000 Summer Reading Club participants every year, the publicity exposure and benefit for businesses who make donations as sponsors is quite significant. For more information about the library’s Summer Reading Program and sponsorship donations, please call Christy Klien at (269) 585-8721, or e-mail her. All Summer Reading Program sponsors are publicly recognized.